Vaginal tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of cancer: A case report

Isis Carton; Diane Balès; Alain Bargain; Pascale Le Pors Lemoine

doi:10.1016/j.jogoh.2020.101873

Vaginal tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of cancer: A case report

J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod. 2021 Jun;50(6):101873. doi: 10.1016/j.jogoh.2020.101873. Epub 2020 Jul 18.

Authors

Isis Carton¹, Diane Balès², Alain Bargain³, Pascale Le Pors Lemoine⁴

Affiliations

¹ Département de Gynécologie Obstétrique et Reproduction Humaine, CHU Anne de Bretagne, 16 Bd de Bulgarie BP 90347, F-35 203, Rennes Cedex 2, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Département de Gynécologie Obstétrique et Reproduction Humaine, CHU Anne de Bretagne, 16 Bd de Bulgarie BP 90347, F-35 203, Rennes Cedex 2, France.
³ S.C.P Docteurs A.Bargain et S. BARGAIN-Leguen, 18 avenue du 78ème R.I.T, 35406, Saint-Malo cedex 84, France.
⁴ CH Rance Emeraude, 1 rue de la marne, 35400, saint malo, France.

PMID: 32693050
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogoh.2020.101873

Abstract

Tuberculosis remains a worrying public health problem. But if pulmonary tuberculosis's symptomatology is well known by the medical profession, this is not the case of genital tuberculosis. We take advantage of a case of vaginal tuberculosis to review the international literature about clinical diagnosis, further tests, and treatment of this extremely rare tuberculosis localization.

Keywords: extrapulmonary tuberculosis; genital tuberculosis; tubal infertility; vaginal tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pelvic Pain / etiology
Pruritus / etiology
Rare Diseases
Tuberculosis, Female Genital / diagnosis*
Urinary Incontinence, Urge / etiology
Vaginal Diseases / diagnosis*
Vaginal Diseases / microbiology*